show us ya dead on road stuff thread

[sarah_m]

I think it is a collett's snake Pseudechis colletti

 

[Guest]

yes sarah_m is right its a colletts

 

[Pythons Rule]

El Chupacabra lol

+1 was going say that too lol

 

[Banjo]

Thanks Farma and sarah_m.

 

[grizz]

Not quite dead when I found her, dropped an egg also so am attempting to incubate... should be interesting.

 

[Torah]

Road kill, least something made use of it.

Shane

nawwwww thats horrible ! that probably his best mate !

 

[Jeannine]

between Broken Hill and Menindee Lakes

also where possible and safe to do so i get hubby to stop the car and remove the slow moving blue tongues to prevent them from being hit and sometimes to chase off the faster Bearded Dragons, at least we try to save as many as we possibly can

there were also a lot of Bearded Dragons, Blue tongues and other things on the road, removed this one or it would have been road kill as well, got a nice little 'hiss' for my efforts, ungrateful sod lol, removed quite a few of them too

 

[Jeabou]

between Broken Hill and Menindee Lakes

also where possible and safe to do so i get hubby to stop the car and remove the slow moving blue tongues to prevent them from being hit and sometimes to chase off the faster Bearded Dragons, at least we try to save as many as we possibly can

there were also a lot of Bearded Dragons, Blue tongues and other things on the road, removed this one or it would have been road kill as well, got a nice little 'hiss' for my efforts, ungrateful sod lol, removed quite a few of them too

I remember seeing a doco with these guys, they pair for life and even if one of them becomes roadkill the other stays by its side mourning.

 

[Jeannine]

yep i have heard the same thing and have encountered many pairs on the road, quick check for ticks, removal if i find any and then i have moved them off

they are like a train with the male following closely, almost ran over two one day, lucky hubby lined the car up so it went right over the top of them and lucky they were moving in a single line in the direction we were going and not across the road

so not only do you have to dodge one bluff but two :lol:

sometimes we have had people stop and im often asked 'arent you scared of them' i just say NO they are all bluff

 

[nicman72]

This little thing must've been hurtling along...

As for all the road-kill, the way I now look at it is for whatever is dead on the road, there must be exponentially more of the same living in the area. Still hate seeing a death occur in front of me though...

And as Gordo says, it's all straight back into the food chain.

Nic

 

[grizz]

Australian Coral Snake (Brachyurophis australis)

Found this bloke around midday today, first I have seen. Almost positive he was hit within the last hour or so.

 

[jamesn48]

At least if your seeing lots of roadkill there are a lot of animals around, Still sad to see people delibratly swerving into snakes though. Also whenever i go out to the SA riverland there shinglebacks all over the road, but amazingly haven't seen a dead one yet.

 

[Jeabou]

Found this bloke around midday today, first I have seen. Almost positive he was hit within the last hour or so.

Looks like a fatty blind snake. But I don't think it's actually a blind snake.

 

[kupper]

Looks like a fatty blind snake. But I don't think it's actually a blind snake.

it looks like a coral snake to me

 

[Jeabou]

it looks like a coral snake to me

Only closer inspection in Wilson and Swan, looks like it may be a Southern Shovel-nosed Snake - Brachyurophis semifasciatus

However, it depends on where OP took the photo, as they don't seem to have range in NSW. Dunno.

 

[DanTheMan]

Another roadkill found in western Qld I would have loved to find alive, orange P. guttata

 

[eipper]

Kupper is right it is Brachyurophis australis...Australian Coral Snake

 

[RoryBreaker]

This used to be a large turtle.


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Cheers,

 

[garthy]

Went to go pick this guy up off the road while he was still alive but some a-hole drove over him before i could reach him

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Same thing happened to me while trying to save a baby bird. Some people are unbelievable!!!!

I have a friend in Gunnedah that ran over a big buck koala whilst some japanese tourists were taking photos of it. He was in a truck and could not stop.

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It looks like my mum before shes had her coffee :lol:

That is F%*N hilarious

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Na'ah my uncle said he got chased by a taipan when he wasn't even doing anything.

A dog took to this one.

the photo? .... clever dog.

 

[RoryBreaker]

a few more from today..

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